Arthur’s being totally unreasonable here. He’s been bitching at Raven for no good reason since he woke up, while Raven’s done nothing but cure him and then go out of his way to help him get to the labs like he wanted. I don’t blame him at all for defending himself verbally after all that. And then Arthur immediately physically assaults him for it?

*nods* And I think he’s furious at Raven for committing the same ‘sin’, but not getting punished for it, and not seeming to be tormented by it. Arthur is a self-flagellant, he bears the inner and outer scars of his sins on his body and psyche — I think that Raven’s self-assured sociopathy has to grate on him.

And he’s deeply disgusted by the infected, so that’s another reason why he’s lashing out. It’s sort of . . . projection, I guess? Arthur is, in part, trying to hurt Raven for things he hates about himself.

A lot of self-hatred there too. Arthur got locked up for his “murders” but Raven as far as we know hasn’t. Arthur said he got away with it so I doubt he’d like it brought up in his face every time Raven’s around C.E..

I know I shouldn’t love Raven as much as I do, but he is an excellent character. His interactions, and the things people say or do around him make it very hard to tell his motives. Stellar writing, really.

They had another sibling. I’m not sure what happened, but I think the baby, and their parents became biters, and when Arthur and Tristan were attacked, it was a failed attempt to turn them into the same thing….or their dad just tried to kill everyone and he burnt the house with his dad and the corpses inside.

It seemed obvious to me that the ‘attack’ you’re talking about was his father raping him, there’s zero indication that he was a biter or attacked anyone violently in any way. (Except the sexual violence obviously). In fact his father was boiling a kettle when Arthur killed him, not something a feral biter would do.

That’s speculation of my own, but I actually think there was nothing supernatural about his father abusing Arthur – and I think that’s a the heart of Arthur’s tragedy. When he confesses at the beginning of the story, he says “he was possessed, I think.” But I think Arthur is wrong. Child Arthur, raised hardcore Catholic and devil-fearing, couldn’t explain why is father would do such a horrible thing to him. Instead of acknowledging that his father could have been capable of evil, he explained his behaviour by possession instead – and he burnt down the house to kill the “demon”. Except that I don’t think there was a demon to kill. It was just his father being a horrible person.

Given Raven’s wordless reaction when Aurthur starts talking about his parents, it makes me wonder if he’s really as sociopathic and unbothered by their deaths as people believe. Sure he does go back to being a smirking smarmy bastard but that’s probably how he deals with things. Hardly expected an emotional break from him in front of Arthur.

Or maybe it’s just bias because I am really liking Raven’s character and he’s starting to become one of my favorites.

Wow – This just keeps getting better and better; that said: Arthur needs to worry less, love Remi more and leave off the self flagellation [physical AND mental]… perhaps some comics would help… just sayin’

Actually, it’s a completely different term! “Patricide” is when you kill your father, “matricide” when you kill your mother, and “parricide” is when you’ve killed them both (or to refer to the murder of a single parent in an ungendered way). (most depressing “The More You Know” star flies past)